Don Curry
Curry in 2018
Born
Don 'D.C.' Curry

(1958-09-07) September 7, 1958[1]
Denver, Colorado, United States[2]
Occupation(s)Actor, stand-up comedian
Years active1988–present

Don Curry (born September 7, 1958)[3] is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for starring as Craig's sex-crazed Uncle Elroy Jones in Next Friday and Friday After Next and for his role on the sitcom Grace Under Fire.

Early life

Curry's father is Dr. L. K. Curry, pastor emeritus of Emmanual Baptist Church in Chicago. Curry's mother, Dorothy, died in 2003.[4]

Career

In 2000, Curry portrayed Craig's sex-crazed Uncle Elroy Jones in Next Friday. He reprised his role in the 2002 follow-up Friday After Next.

In 2010, Curry was featured in The Boondocks episode The Color Ruckus in which he voiced Uncle Ruckus' Caucasian-hating father. In 2013, he hosted BET's Comic View. Curry had hosted Comic View from 1996 to 1997; he also appeared on the show as a performer many times, when he first got his start in comedy.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Spyder TV News Announcer
1989 Blackbelt II TV News Announcer
1998 Three Sickxty Marcus
2000 Next Friday Uncle Elroy
2001 Two Degrees Wes
2002 Friday After Next Uncle Elroy
2005 Tears of a Clown Cole Black
2009 You Don't Tell I Won't Tell Skeeter
2014 Funny Business Reggie TV movie
2015 She Wins Uncle Dre
2021 Strip Off Uncle Don

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997-98 Grace Under Fire D.C. Main cast: season 5
2001 The Steve Harvey Show T-Bone Episode: "No Free Samples"
2004 The Tracy Morgan Show Pastor Jones Episode: "Church"
2007 Everybody Hates Chris Cooper Episode: "Everybody Hates Math"
2010 The Boondocks Mister Ruckus (voice) Episode: "The Color Ruckus"
2014 Black Jesus City Councilman Bowers Recurring cast: season 1
2023 ″The Ms. Pat Show″ Tony Free Episode: “Pat on Tour” & “Down With the King”

References

  1. ↑ Don DC Curry
  2. ↑ "Don DC Curry on his Journey through show business, racism, beefs, let downs & joys through it all!". YouTube.
  3. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Comedian Don DC Curry talks with the Tom Joyner Morning Show. YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Dorothy Ruth Curry Obituary (2003) Chicago Sun-Times".
  5. ↑ "The Oral History of BET's 'ComicView'". BET.


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